One pick a round
Back a single team to go through. That's the whole move — simple enough for anyone at the table.
World Cup 2026 · Knockout pools
Make the World Cup knockouts your group’s game.
Last Man Standing is the easiest way to pull friends and family into every knockout tie: pick one team to go through each round, protect your lives and survive through the final. Free to start, one link to share, no app to install.
Round of 16 · your pick
DEMO FLOW
Pick one team to go through.
Brazil
France
England
Argentina
ROUND LOCKS AT FIRST KICKOFF
Set up in under a minute
Everyone can join — no age limit
Free to play, free to join
The game of the knockouts
Last Man Standing was made for sudden death.
Every knockout game is win-or-go-home — and so is Last Man Standing. Each round you back one team to go through. Get it right and you survive to pick again. Get it wrong and you’re out. It’s the most natural way to make every knockout match matter to your whole group.
Choices that stay strategic
Normally, use every available team once before beginning a new cycle. Matchroom keeps track of your choices.
Survive through the final
Lives, the bench, the Proving Ground and wipeouts keep the story moving until the tournament ends.
Simple to play, hard to master
Easy enough for everyone. Strategic enough to obsess over.
Anyone can play
If you can tap one team, you’re in. No football expertise, no spreadsheet, no age limit — kids, parents and grandparents can all be in the same pool. That’s what makes it the family game of the tournament.
Strategy that builds every round
Normally, you use every team available to you once before beginning a new cycle. So do you cash in your favourites now, or save them for the semis and final? Matchroom tracks the choices for you. Simple rules, real decisions, proper bragging rights.
Two ways to play
Both games are ready for the World Cup.
Last Man Standing is our pick for the knockouts. If your group would rather call every scoreline, Score Predictor runs the same way — set up once, then it’s automatic.
LMSKnockout pick
Last Man Standing
Back one team to go through each round. A failed or missed pick costs a life, and reaching zero sends you to the bench.
Predictor
Score Predictor
Call the exact score of every knockout tie and rack up points. For the group that wants an opinion on every result.
From idea to live pool
Up and running in three steps.
01
Create your knockout pool
Choose Last Man Standing, name it, and start the game from the Round of 16. Done in under a minute.
02
Share one link
Drop the invite into the group chat. Friends and family join from their phone in seconds — no app to install.
03
Pick and let it run
The whole round locks at its first eligible kickoff. Results come in automatically and the table updates as the round settles.
Get your group in before the Round of 16.
Free to set up, free to join, everyone welcome. Start a Last Man Standing pool and make every knockout match unmissable.
One link to join Picks lock automatically No age limit